A Response to 9/11 by Jonathan Safran Foer — Cumulative exam
Question 45 • AZ-English Language Arts 11 B-CR
Read the excerpt from Richard Wright’s Black Boy.“Mama, I’m hungry,” I complained one afternoon.“Jump up and catch a kungry,” she said, trying to make me laugh and forget.“What’s a kungry?”“It’s what little boys eat when they get hungry,” she said.In this excerpt, Wright’s mother is
Answer
A
attempting to teach her son a lesson.
B
misunderstanding her son’s feelings.
C
using humor to help her son feel better.
D
presenting a solution to her son’s problem.
Explanation
Wright’s mother answers his complaint with a playful made-up word, “kungry,” and the excerpt says she is trying to make him laugh and forget. That shows she is using humor to help him feel better. She isn’t offering a real solution to his hunger or misunderstanding his feelings.
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